Daily number of COVID-19 tests exceeds 9000 in Czechia on Tuesday

The daily number of samples tested for COVID-19 exceeded 9,000 in Czechia for the first time on Tuesday, finding 77 positive cases, i.e. 0.85 percent of all tests, which is an increase against Monday's 0.5 percent, the Health Ministry's latest data show. The 77 newly confirmed cases was the highest number in the past five days. A total of 7,899 people have got infected since the early March epidemic outbreak in the country. Since Tuesday evening, the number of deaths of COVID-19 patients has risen by four to 258.